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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

COMMISSIONER SPARKS received q decided
setback from Secretary Lamar on Friday.
He had the hardihood to take the Secre-
tary to task for reversing one of his decis.
ions concerning q land grant OF the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad,
aud the Secretary reminded Sparks that he
was not running tho Interior Department,
and plainly intimated that his resignation
would be acceptable. Coming at this late
day, it seems odd that the Secretary should
only now realize his subordinate's obtru-
siveness, but if he will only get rid OF
Sparks before he leaves the Departmentfor
the Supreme bench, he will confer one BEN
eft upon a large section Of the country,
for which he will be held in grateful remem;
brance by the long-enduring settlers of the
West. Sparks has been the Old Man OF
the Sea round the neck OF the Interior De-
partment, and Lamar's successor will find
the duties Of the Office greatly lightened if
he is..spared the constant infection OF ap.
peals from Sparks decisions.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
THE ANARCHISTS FUNERAL.

Yesterdays demonstration at the An.
archists' funeral in Chicago showed that
the sympathy for the men who died a
felon's death is ominously widespread.
Not alone were professed Anarchists in the
procession in full force, but trade societies,
named after the peaceful occupations of
Their members useful, honorable trades
were there represented nurerously. Not
only that. Lodges OF Knights Of
Labor were there openly showing the
grief or at leastsympathy oftheir members.
And among them were two lodges COM
posed wholly OF women, workers in fac.
tories. women who earn their living bv in
dustrious labor, who Haunted the scarlet EN-.
biem OF Anarchy most conspicuously-
omltting nothing, wen to an emblem
remindful of the fatal signal at the Hay.
market. that could emphasize their ad-
heslon to the principles for which the
felons in the hearses had been hanged.
This shows whether Anarchy is dead
or even asleep. The ominous
quiet of the whole proceedinc
that it is terribly, earnestly
alive. The respectable composition Of the
showed that the members of Il
90 not hold their opinions from caprice
'F as a sudden, passing sentiment.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
Tom Leo Jagged.

MIR. Bradley, OF the Mt. Vernon hotel,
and Tom Lee, a native OF the Flowery
Kingdom, appeared in the Police Courtlast
nlghteach charged by the other with assault.
Tom Lee wore a large black patch above
his left eye, which was nearly closed, and
his placid features bore other marks OF
rough usage. Mr.. Bradley didn't appear
the worse for wear. Mrs. Bradley testified
that Tom Lee importuned her Tor money
in such q vociferous manner that she had
to ask her husband to put him ont. Her
husband took Tom by the shoulder. and
was quickly knocked down by tae latter,
A ranchman, who was present, hleped to
subdue the Chinaman. and get him out of
the house. Tom Lee testified as follows:
Lady owe me five dolly half. ask for |
money; be holdee out money in hand and
say Ma no give you cent Lady hold nv |
hand, and mar he stlikec me, makee bIoody
all topside eye: me no can see now. LADY |
holdee me fifteen minute; Yet ga! Yang
glee! Man he stlikee me alice time. Koopa
mock a hi! His Honor decided that Tom
was in the wrong, and fined him IS and
costs; discharging Mr.. Bradley.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

IT is earnestly to be hoped that the
sickening sentimentalism OF Nina Van
Zandt's personality will not continue to
be obtruded on the public gaze as the
proxy widow of her dead August, but that
she will o be permitted to retire to
that obscurity from which she should
never have emerged. The ~unaccountable
craze which possessed Nina and the other
young women who i~mmodestly hung about
the dead miacreants has been one of the
most repulsive features connected with
these Anarchists jail life, nauseating all
decent minded people by it's repulsive i'm
propriety. Now that the subjects OF the
craze are out Of sight the foolish young
women who have made themselves con-
temptible in the eyes of respectable people
should retire strictly to the shades OF
private life.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

ONE OF the Tacoma papers complains
that the alleged scarcity of houses there is
the cause preventing a number of Butte
families moving to the ambitious city by
the Sould to enjoy it's educational ad-
vantages." This is a new claim for Tacoma.
Its pre.eminence as a shipping port for
lumber and other supplies 60 unchallenged,
although Seattle is by many regarded as a
better shipping point and a filter terminus
the transcontinental systems. But
when it comes to educational facilities
Butte possesses about as complete and well
a system Of public schools as
can be found, and if higher education is
desired her citizens are convinced OF the
excellence of the College OF Mon.
tana at Deer Lodge which is on a par with
Eastern institutions in the efficiency
Of it's instruction and the ability of it's
staff.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

It gave the suthorities OF Chicago
and Of the country warning that the
ky~dra-headed monster with which they
have to deal has intelligence back Of
it-that it IL not the profession Of Q mob
OF q rabbls. It gave them notics, too,
that they were not dismayed by the death
of the men in the hearses. It was q dem.
o%nstration OF their strength, AID it 10 to be
feared that knowing their strength gave
them the courage to thus silently express
their convictions:
They obeyed the strict letter Of the
Mayors instructions, but their obedience
was q more outspoken defiance than il
they had attempted to violate them. The
hearses loaded with flowers, the rich
caskets ostentatiously covered with the
glaring scarlet, the route taken over the
scene of the dread events on that fatal
night in May, 1885. the numerous bands
braying their dirges as they passed
tho fatal spots - all were 80
many tauuts flung in the
teeth of the authorities, 30 many open
defances to Law, so many assertions that
the lesson Of the hanging was to them what
the martyrdom OF the Apostles was to the
early Christians. It was the %apotheosis
OF these five dead enemies of society.
Their fate bore no significance to the mem.
bers of that procession that Society was
opposed to Anarchism and would suppress
it to the fullest extent of the law. Ap.
parently, the men and women who followed
the Anarchists to their last resting place
stand ready to run the same risks as the
dead men. There are just as desperate
characters left as those who are gone.
In the light of all this. the procession
was a mistake. The bodies OF the dead
felons should never have been surrendered to
their friends. They served to rally the
forces of Anarchism, to allow them to make
a demonstration OF their force. to derive
courage and satisfaction from f~outing
Law and Society by an apparently innocent
procession. Law and Society have a serious
problem before them yet. There is no
doubt Of the final outcome, but how much
misery and blood must be waded through
before they are masters Of the field?
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
Filed for Record.
The following documents were fled with

The following documents were fled with
Recorder Booth yesterday:
Bargain and sale deeds-Edwin N. Jacobs
to George Ross; lot Is OF block 6, Noyes 4
Upton's addition; consideration, $1,000.
Chas. N. Buck and wife to w. ]. Johnson;
the east % feet of lot Z, block %, Butte
City; consideration, $1,000.
N. F. Jordan and wife to Mrs. Mar
Murphy; lot 3, block 81, Butte; $500.
Notice Of location of Salvero lode claim,
near Soap Gulch, by Henry G. Stebbins.
Right OF way deeds-James B. Haggin ct
al. to Montana Central Railroad; right-of-
way across Modoc Extension and Adelaide
lode claims; consideration. 81.
Marcus DAILY ct al. to Montana Central
Railroad; right-of-way over Right Bower
lode claim; consideration, $4O2. SO.
w. A.. Clark to Montana Central Rail-
road; r~ight.ofway over Mountain Chief,
Piccolo, and Gambetta lode claims; con-
81.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
PERSONAL

T. r. Miles arrived from Melrose last
night.
J. Breen and wife, OF Basin, are guests a,
the Centennial.
J. D. Hamilton, OF Chicago, is staying at
the st. Nicholas.
Ed. Conklin, of German Gulch, arrived in
town yesterday.
E. T. Follansbe, OF st. Paul, arrived in
town last night.
c.. E. Name and wife, OF Helena, are stay.
ing at the Centennial.
]. Barrett and Peter Wagner, cf Boulder,
are at the Centennial.
g. K. Rogers, of Boulder, registered at
the Windsor last night.
c.. s. Davis, of Rozeman, put I'D at the
st. Nicholas last night.
W. w. Taggart. of Dickinson. Oak. ia a
guest at the St. Nicholas.
George NJ. Haven, of Lowell, Mass, put
up at the Windsor last night.
Geo. T. Scully came over from Missoula
yesterday, and put up at the Windsor.
r. Van Brunt, OF New York, and J. G.,
Thompson, of San Francisco, are in the
city.
VIM. Zartrow and wife and Frank J..
HELEN. OF Helena, are guests at the St.
Nicholas.
Mrs. P. McGovern and her two daueh-
ters. and Ben Foster, amt UP from Ana
conda last night.
Mr.. George Haldorn had intended going
to attend court at Missoula, but, having
procured a substitute, accom- panied Mrs.
Haldorn to Bozeman last night.
Col. s. A. Estes. from Anaconda, arrived
IN Butte yesterday morning. The Colonel
is q welcome visitor to Butte, as his
numerous friends are always glad to gee
his genial face.
f.. H. Campbell, the Walkerville post
master. has been visiting Boulder, Wickes,
and Helena. He arrived home yesterday.
and reports that the smoke OF the con.
train OF the Montana Central
can be plainly seen in the distance. The |
are preparing to give the Mon.
tana Central a warm reception upon it's
arrival at the Capital.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

The S~tevensville Tribune says an effort
will be made this winter to get Congress to
remove the Indians from the choice lands
in Bitter Root Valley now occupied by
them to the Flathead Reservation. The
increase of emigration to that section dur
ing the past season requires that the step
BE- taken without delay to afford room for
new corners. The Bitter Root Valley is
one Of the most fertile sections of Montana
and Indians least Of all shonld be permitted
to retard its development.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

AS WILL be seen by dispatches from St.
Paul, the Northern Pacific is not going to
be left by the shortening OF time over the
Union Pacific, but sends out to-day a train
that will reach Tacoma twenty-four hours
ahead OF previous schedule time. This
will take the wind out of the sails OF the
Manitoba road, as the Northern Pacific
will reach Helena twenty hours ooner
than hitherto. It has also met the cut in
rates of the Manitoba's tariff
seems determined to lose no advan-
tage it already possesses in this Territory.
But Tor the advent OF the new road, how
ever, it is doubtful if the residents of Mon.
would have enjoyed such a reduction,
both in freight charges and running time.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

If, under the Territorial form OF govern.
ment, the County Commissioners of Mon
tana cannot levy sufficient funds to make
safe the dangerous places in county roads,
as appears from a statement yesterday by
one Of the Silver Bow Commissioners, it is
OF itself an imperative reason for the ad.
mission of this Territory to Statehood
without further delay. Montana should
have the power to arrange it's internal
economy at least to the extent OF furnish
ing it's citizens all necessary safeguards to
protect life and property on it's public
roads without interference from laws
passed by a Congress over a thousand miles
away.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

Robertson q stapleton, end Campbell 4
Duffy: the counsel for the defense
being Messrs. Mcbride & Haldorn.
The latter gentlemen appeared to be fight.
ing against strong odds, in the five eminent
lawyers for the prosecution, and they made
a very able and effective defence. This
the last case OF the term. aud as Judge
Galbraith said, when court adjourned,
probably the last case he wou!d preside
over in this county. as his term expiring
early next year, he would be superseded by
some one in harmony with the present ad-
ministration.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
4 Monster Engine

The Review says the ens'A' ,s. ~
Anaconda works is the larse' =. s,rss
Missouri. Its total "e'sH ~ h.osl.J'
over $50 tons, and it took ~ .D"ss,.st'
cars to convey it from the ma' TDs III;
Scranton, Pa. to Anac.'n rs feet s,,lS
T !F5:S So e u; + I s vic: sa;'. +; ; !; IL q; + f +, 1.
1900 pounds eacb. Inv aacb OF which, "f1
1900 pounds. The slla,s c%yli1dsrs "
pounds. The ]ow-preSsu h;el .~prss''r'
90 pounds. and the i !, 4 isG ID !:
us pounds. The stron MAINE will ssn
is expected that tins e Ell uu sb0atts,s
pIeted and ready to STAR uwrhich tr
OF December. at aboGV tho mill.
stamps will be dropped III
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
A Chance for MissOula.

Mr.. Ogden, of the Butte Electric Light
Works, and Mr.. Abe Heyman, will go to
Missoula tomorrow to negotiate with the
citizens OF that place for the introduction
of an electric light plant. Missoula, az the
trade center of one of the greatest mining.
numbering and agricultural regions
of the Northwest, is just begin.
ming to take the first grand strides
toward a most brilliant future. She must
keep up with the times and therefore can.
o afford to do without the electric light,
The Missoulians will find Messrs. Ogden
and Heyman the right men to handle such
an enterprise. Mr.. Ogden is .favorably
known throughout Eastern Montana,
where he has put in a number of electric
plants, and in Butte, over which he is now
spreading the light.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

The matter OF preparing the assessment
roll OF the city came up at last Fridays
meeting Of the City Council, The Clerk in
troduced the subject to the attention OF
the gentlemen on Wednesday evening,
ing the levying and collection OF taxes pro-
vided that the Clerk should perform the
clerical work of tabulating the assessment
returns in a hook for the purpose. At the
came time he reminded the gentlemen
that this work. though provided for
in the ordinance, had never been
performed by previous City Clerks
with possibly two exceptions; that the
assessment papers had been prepared by
the Assessor, and that the clerical work OF
extending the information in those returns
upon the assessment book was q class OF
work that he did not feel competent to
perform, that he knew he could not do so
enough to admit he did not think the re.
suit would be satisfactory to anyone else.
This latter statement, no one acquainted
with the City Clerks caligraphy will feel
disposed to dispute. The City Council,
however, seem inclined to stand by the let
ter of the ordinance, and insisted, accord
ingto the report OF the meeting in the paper
that publishes official the:.proceedings ofthat
body, upon the Clerks performance of the
duty himself or hiring it done out of hie
own pocket. 1t is asserted that there are
only two instances, since the city a in
c~orporated, when the work has been per-
formed by the City Clerk.
The present occupant Of the Office, in call.
ing the Councils attention to the matter.
was certainly acting in the line Of his duty,
This assessment book is q matter OF
necessity in OF der tocomply with the
ordinance il nothing else, and further the
City Clerk seemst to be the party who should
do it. But the work is OF a class that, if
done at all, should be lone well. 1t is also
a work OF no small labor. To perform it
would occupy an accountant, versed in
such work, several weeks steadily, depend
ing upon bis proficiency. Taking into con.
sideration the fact that the City Clerks
salary is only $50 a month, his fees as City
Attorney being derived from the fines im-
posed in the Police Court and not paid by
the city. it was not unreasonable that he
should ask the Council to hire an outsider
to do the work. The amount OF clerical
labor that accompanies the duties OF
the Clerk ordinarily is none too well re-
munerated as it is, and itdoes not seem fair
that he should be- required to pay half a
years salary to have done what his
predecessors have, with only two excep-
tions, apparently dispensed with.
The City Council can afford
to relieve the Clerk of this
labor, and not infringe unlawiulIy
on the City Treasury in SO doing. Every
knows that a lawyer who can write a
hand is about as scarce as hens teeth,
and, since the two Offices OF City Clerk and
Attorney have to be held by one man and
q lawyer, it is better for the public that the
assessment book should be written up in a
icgible hand by some one specially engaged
to do so.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
The Reduced Rates.

The Manitoba and Montana Central
having published their cut on rates from
st. Paul to Helena, the Northern Pacific
sees them, and goes one better by making
the same rates as far west as Garrison.
The new rates are as follows: First-class
$3.50; second class 81; third class $1.75;
fourth class $1.5O: fifth class $l.3O; class
A $l.2O; class b $1.OO;; class 9Oc; class
u soc; class E zoe. Emigrant movables
IN car lots, SIPS per car; same, less than
carload, S1.25 per hundred; coal. car lots,
Slo per ton; aax, grain. -four, etc., 75c per
hundred; horses and mules, SLIGO per car;
hogs and sheep, SIPS Der car.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

Rounding Up q Gang of Horse Thieves
Sheriff Lloyd and Under Sheriff Lind
say Nab Two of the Princi pals.

Rounding Up q Gang of Horse Thieves
Sheriff Lloyd and Under Sheriff Lind
say Nah Two of the Primes pals.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Lloyd, as
sisted by Under Sheriff Lindsay, of Jeffer.
son County, made IN arrest that will be
hailed with satisfaction by the stock
owners OF Southern and Western Montana.
During the last two or three months q
large number Of horses have been stolen in
Jefferson, Silver Bow, and adjoining coun-
ties, and disappeared SO completely that
until the last few weeks no trace OF any OF
them could be found. Among the losers
were Mr.. Russell, OF this city, who lost six
valuable animals. and Mr.. Hancock OF the
Park, who lost four. After o fruitless
search, Mr.. Hancock advertised a reward
OF $50 for information leading to the re-
covery OF his horses, but without any re-
suit. Suspicion fell upon ono Frank
Ward, who was tried in Butte, in Septem-
Der, 1885, on a charge OF
STEALING CATTLE,
but who escaped through some techni.
cality. Finally Mr.. Hancock found two
OF his horses where they had been sold by
Ward. to a party living in Il distant Sec
ton. and other developments pointed to
Ward as q guilty party, and also to one
John Doe. whose real name it is not advis.
able to disclose at present. Warrants for
their arrest were issued in both Silver Bow
and Jefferson counties, and yesterday
Sher'H Lloyd, being apprised by telegraph
OF the whereabouts OF the two men. was
about to start after them, when he was |
joined by Under Sheriff Lindsay, who |
came here to intercept the offenders. The |
two officers started put Eastward, and
met Ward and Doe q short distance
this side Of the Jefferson lire.
THE ARREST WAS MADE
without difficulty or delay. and the horse
thieves are now considering the mutability
81 human affairs in the county cage. The
officers are on track OF several other mem.
oers OF the gang, and expect to make
other important arrests within the
1ext lew days, the result OF which will be to
Freak up one OF thestrongest organizations
u the kind that exists in the West.
.helr operations have been carried on over
! wide extent OF country. and a Wholesale
in stolen horses carried on back and
orth. 1t is probable that some of the :
tolen stock will be recovered to-day. The
Ulcers say that Ward Won't escane his
merited punishment this time, as there
a large mass OF conclusive evidence
gainet him.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
Stag Bricks.

Parties who are building near the p,rro+
omelter are putting in very sub.
stantlal foundations, composed OF large
bricks OF Stag. The bricks weigh about
sixty pounds each, mi they are considered
sne most durable kind OF build ing material
They are proof against augur worms. miro
moisture heat and cold, and weigh so much
tnat a house built OF them can div
cyclone and hurricanes. There ara thre,
SIZES made at the smelter, and as thew
be added. o'1e' VIII
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

Ire City Council has at length taken &C.
ZION on the nuisance complained of that
certain parties are dumping dead animals
and other offensive refuse at the citv
Dump and requested the City Attorney to
draw up an ordinance to suppress the
practice. The latter should be made as
stringent as language can define the offence.
and the fine for infringement should be
heavy enough to deter those hitherto
guilty OF the offence from it's repetition,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
A CHASTITY
Enacted by q Former Resident of Butte
VIM. #. Kleinschmidt MuItilates His
Wife. and Cuts His Own Throat.


The Tacoma Ledger contains a detailed
account Of a horrible tragedy enacted in
that city last Tuesday, in which the priaci.
pal actor was a former resident of Butte.
VIM. F. Kleinschmidt. q prisoner waiting
trial for a murderous assault on g. police.
man, was taken. by the jailer to the Model
restaurant, kept by the prisoners wife.
She had a nice meal prepared for him, ard
after eating it he went upstairs with her
to change his coat. In few moments the
woman's piercing shrieks were heard. The
lailer and a boarder rushed upstairs and
found Mrs. Kleinschmidt, with blood stream.
ing from gashes in her head. On the the bed
was Kleinscb midi, with q great cash in bis
from the thorax to the base of the left
ear, and blood pouring in a torrent from
tne wound. In his hand was an omen razor.
which be had cut several frightfui
on his wife's face and hands. after
beating her head with q stoneina stocking.
and then cut his own throat. He died in q
moments, but his wife may live. Klein. !
was BORN in Germany SO wears
ago; was married in San Francisco four
Years ago; went to Mexico with his wife.
then came to Butte. About eighteen
months ago they went to Tacoma The
'ause OF his crime 10 said to be Jealousy.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

The Montana Central is expected toreach
Helena next Friday and this Helenaites
will have a big celebration over the arrival
Of the first train on the Wednesday follow
ing. Butte will have to wait a few months
before she can celebrate over a similar
event.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

IHE disposal of the offal and refuse which
accumuiates daily in a city is always a diff
hcult problem to solve. As a community
grows the problem assumes greater proper.
lions and the difficulty of solving it in.
creases. The most effective wav to deal
with the nuisance, when there is no large
river to carry it away, is to burn it. But
the offensive odor of the consuming process
10 about as bad as the efluvium arising
from decomposition. When the City At
torney draws up the ordinance disposinc Of
dead animals. ETC., which the City Council
commissioned him to do, he should so word
1T that this nuisance is avoided.